Author: Hannah Cummings
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Park vs. Prominence: How Bread (1918) Speaks for Women of the Silent Era
Since its inception, cinema as an art form has been a site of struggle. The legacy of female filmmakers, in particular, has been privy to a constant power struggle between legitimizing and validating their works, or being made insignificant by the Hollywood elite. Ida May Park’s directorial legacy, as explored through her film Bread, encapsulates…